Photo: Rzacher at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Parshall
Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. About one in five work in Parshall itself; outside it, New Town draws the most (7%, 16 miles). 504 jobs are based in Parshall, against 360 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Parshall
77% of the jobs in Parshall pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parshall, 2013 → 2023: 435 → 504. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parshall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Parshall by day and by night
On a workday 288 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 432 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Parshall on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Parshall: the destinations
Where Parshall clocks in
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Parshall’s commute takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parshall workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 382 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Parshall
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Parshall and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Parshall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parshall | – | — | — | 17 min | $45,000 |
| Parshall Township | under 2% | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Model Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Parshall Township and Model Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Parshall’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Parshall: questions
What is the median household income in Parshall?
$45,000 (±$21,222) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parshall?
37.2%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parshall?
17 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parshall work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Town (7%, 16 mi), Minot (5%, 44 mi), Bismarck (3%, 102 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Parshall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parshall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parshall
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.